Items with tag “air toxics”

April 05, 2009, 9:49PM

EPA to monitor toxic air pollution at 62 schools in 22 states On March 31, 2009 the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that they will monitor air quality outside (but curiously, not inside where kids are exposed) two NJ schools. The monitoring is part of a new national effort. The new EPA initiative was prompted by media expose and... Full story »

September 05, 2008, 8:09AM

Pollution risk twelve hundred (1,200) times cancer risk standard [Update #2 (1/25/09] I initially posted on this topic on April 9, 2008 and again on September 5, 2008. Today, after almost a year, the Bergen Record finally got around to covering the story, but somehow managed to let DEP off the hook by focus on the Port Authority: N.J. pushing... Full story »

April 28, 2008, 8:07PM

In a news release worthy of Pravda (or the Bush White House Pentagon Generals Iraq War Propaganda Task Force), I just learned that DEP is urging the people of NJ to "go green". According to DEP: (08/29) TRENTON -- Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Lisa P. Jackson today marked the beginning of Air Quality Awareness Week by reminding residents... Full story »

January 18, 2008, 11:17PM

Would you send your child to this school? I stole that headline from the Houston Chronicle's award winning investigative series "In Harm's Way" - here's a taste of what that was all about: "The results of the Chronicle's investigation show that the region's refining and petrochemical industries are in some places contributing to what leading experts on toxic air pollution... Full story »